Deadly Pleasures – Mary Firmin

Megan Riley and her best friends, Rachel Feinman, Alexandra Grand and Kathleen Rosario, are frustrated with the men in their lives – or lack thereof. On a whim, they decide to hire a ‘boy toy’ to keep them amused. The search is on! The first men they consider are totally unsuitable. It isn’t until they are at a party for another yacht club member, that they meet Michael Harrington.

Michael is tall, muscular, friendly and devastatingly handsome. Fate has chosen for them. He is the obvious man to fill their pressing needs. He graciously agrees, though he finds the arrangement somewhat ludicrous.

Little to the women know when they make this arrangement, Michael Harrington is the number one suspect in an open murder investigation. Several women have been found brutally murdered, their bodies savaged after death. The method of killing leads police to suspect a tie to the tawdry S&M community.

Detective Matthew Donovan is the lead investigator on the S&M murders. He and his partner, Angelle Bentley, follow the clues that direct them not only to the seedy sexual underground, but to the posh, expensive yacht club – the club where all four women of Michael Harrington’s harem, are members.

This well paced romantic suspense reveals aspects of the human psyche that teem and fester below the surface of normalcy. Though it deals with the S&M sub-culture, the novel doesn’t delve too deeply into it. The scenes are not too graphic, making it acceptable to most readers.

The characters in Deadly Pleasures are diverse and well rounded. Each has his or her own motivations and the list of suspects grows longer as the story continues. Not until the last minute do readers finally realize who the guilty party is.

I highly recommend Deadly Pleasures to anyone who enjoys a mystery with an edge.

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Dear Dellani, Thank you so much for the wonderful review. I know it takes time and dedication to do this and I thank you for both. Deadly Pleasures was fun to write and to research. At least my husband liked it!!! Thanks again, Mary Firmin